Chapter 49: Who’s the Truly Shameless One?
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

“Let’s see how many bookmarks there are…” Wang Hao had no idea that he had become the target of public criticism. He refreshed the author management page as usual to check how many more bookmarks he had gotten — Bookmarks: 51.

“F*ck, what happened?!” Wang Hao’s eyes immediately widened. “Two bookmarks less!”

Suddenly, he received a notification from QQ.

Angel Wings: “Trash author, I thought you were a talented new writer, but you’re actually an assh*le. I was wrong about you, f*ck!”

What’s going on?

Sunday Wang: “What’s wrong? Why are you scolding me?”

Angel Wings: “What’s wrong? See what you’ve done!” He then sent a link to the post by Smiling Angel on Longshan.

Sunday Wang: “Let me see… f*ck, is there really such a shameless person?!”

Angel Wings: “Yeah, you’re right about yourself.”

Sunday Wang: “Obviously, you’ve misunderstood the whole thing. Calm down, let me show you some screenshots… F*ck, the b*stard unfriended me!” Wang Hao searched his contacts and discovered that Heaven Xiao had blocked his account! The conversation record was also gone!

Angel Wings: “You stole the title of his novel — of course you had to unfriend him.”

Sunday Wang: “…Hehe, don’t worry. Luckily, I was smart enough to keep the screenshots! I knew this was going to happen. Let me send you the pictures.” Wang Hao quickly sent Angel Wings all the screenshots.

Angel Wings was speechless.

Angel Wings: “F*ck, is there really such a shameless person?! He failed to buy the title from you, so now, he’s trying to defame you?! No, I can’t stand this. I f*cking hate people who take advantage of their power to bully others. Wait, I’m going to post something on the forum!”

Angel Wings went to Longshan Forum and posted a post right away.

“Battle In and Outside the Industry: Regarding the incident with Heaven Xiao’s novel title. Who’s the truly shameless one? The truth revealed in screenshots!”

The body of the post was as followed —

“My friends, about this plagiarized title incident, I also thought it was the author who shamelessly stole Heaven Xiao’s title, but I happen to have the author’s QQ and I’ve talked to him. Then, I found out something horrible. Now, let’s cut to the chase. Here are the pictures that show the truth!” He attached screenshots of the conversation which Wang Hao had sent to him to the end of the post.

This time, the truth was supported by pictures. What Smiling Angel said was just empty talk, while Angel Wings had provided evidence!

This created another round of intense discussion on Longshan Forum. Netizens switched from opposing the author to supporting him.

“F*ck, seriously? Is this really happening? I thought it was the author who was shameless, but I guess it should be the other way round!”

“What an unexpected twist! This is more enjoyable to watch than a movie!”

“The guru is willing to do anything for the title. When he failed, he defamed the author. Haha!”

“The guru offered 10,000 yuan in exchange for the title and book number, but got rejected. That’s why he did this. Thank god the author took some screenshots. Hahahaha, he’s so clever!”

“No, I have to go and support the author! So what if he’s a new writer? So what if he’s a newbie? A newbie can’t use a good title?”

“There’s nothing else to say. For the author’s character alone, I’m bookmarking and recommending his novel, and giving him 1888 as a reward as well!”

The netizens on Longshan had always liked dramas. At the beginning, everyone was still criticizing Wang Hao for stealing the title. A twist like this was bound to excite them, especially when the incident turned into an experienced guru suppressing a new author, which happened to be their favorite topic. So, the netizens no longer condemned Wang Hao, but supported him. Many of them started to bookmark and recommend “Battle Through the Heavens.”

At the same time, Wang Hao refreshed the author management page again — Bookmarks: 61!

F*ck, ten more bookmarks in just a while, ahahahaha! What a great effect. I’m so smart! If not, I don’t know how I could have explained it — somebody even gave me a reward of 1888! Awesome!

The tide started to turn in the comments below.

“Don’t worry! You don’t have to be afraid of the guru’s suppression! The readers have clear minds!”

“I support the author. He stood up to power. That’s awesome! I’ve bookmarked and recommended your novel. Cheer up!”

“I thought the author was scum, but now I know that it was the guru who was immoral. Let’s go, author! I’ve read your novel. It’s great! Keep up the quality, and I promise I’ll finish the whole thing!”

On Longshan Forum, the popularity of the two posts soared in the blink of an eye. The number of views started to climb rapidly, from dozens of views to hundreds per minute. Related topics also began to flood the forum.

“One awesome thing about the guru — he’s really rich, haha!”

“Oh, looks like it isn’t true that money can buy everything in the world. At least, not a title and book number!”

“This is indeed a surprising twist. Life is surely more astonishing than a novel!”

The post rapidly spread through the gossip section on Longshan, and Heaven Xiao soon heard the news as well!

Heaven Xiao: “F*ck, the assh*le took some screenshots. What should I do?”

Smiling Angel: “Master Xiao, you’ve unfriended him on QQ, right? It’s simple: I’ll just tell people that he photoshopped the pictures.”

Heaven Xiao: “Alright, I want him to suffer to death. Damn it, I’ll do it myself if it doesn’t work!”

Smiling Angel: “Okay, I’ll go and post something!”

On Longshan Forum —

Smiling Angel: “Battle In and Outside the Industry: I think you’ve all been fooled. Please have a look at this!”

The body of the post was as followed —

“I can’t believe this newbie is so shameless. Apart from plagiarizing the title, he’s even forging evidence now! Think about it. Why would the author have screenshots? How was he able to provide proof right after this happened? He was obviously prepared for it, right? Also, look at the time of their conversation. Master Heaven Xiao released his new novel just after they finished talking. See the time difference here: It’s only a few minutes. Master Heaven Xiao had struggled with the title for a long time before this. How would he have suddenly been able to come up with a title in a few minutes? It’s clearly impossible! So, there’s only one truth: After the author stole the title, he forged a conversation record to make sure that everything was in order. Everybody knows Photoshop, right? It’s so easy to alter a picture!”